Our Rating
3.5 / 5

Our Rating
4 / 5

Opel’s best-selling Astra has always been a favourite with Irish hatchback buyers, and the new seventh generation model builds on this for 2016 with improved looks, more space, lighter underpinnings and more efficient engines than its predecessor.

Our Rating
3.5 / 5

The small crossover marketplace has boomed over the past few years and Opel’s Mokka exemplifies why. A high driving position, good suspension for poor roads and near supermini levels of running costs make them a desirable all-round buy. The Mokka wasn’t the first to come along, but it’s a good, if expensive to buy, choice.

Our Rating
3.5 / 5

The mainstream family saloon/hatchback market is a tough arena, the Opel Insignia not just having to fend off rivals like the Ford Mondeo, Volkswagen Passat and Toyota Avensis, but also the premium players and all manner of SUVs, crossovers and MPVs too.

Our Rating
3.5 / 5

Heavily revised in 2014, the Corsa gained a much-needed new cabin and a sharper look outside. Welcome as the changes are it remains an average car in a class where exceptional isn’t unusual, though reasonable pricing and some fine engines count in its favour.

Our Rating
4.5 / 5

Previously the worthy also-ran, Opel’s Astra in its all-new guise has found a new lease of life to catapult it right to the top of the class for top honours, being good to drive, inexpensive to buy and run and classy, too.